Maintenance, Hardware and Other Services for EMC CX3-20, CX3-20F, CX3-20C and CX3-20FDC

CX3-20 Overview

Parts, Upgrades and Complete Arrays

EMC designated the CX3-20 End Of Life in 2014 (see EMC's Powerlink for official release and EOSL dates), but Com-Com continue to supply parts, upgrades and complete arrays extending the life of equipment, providing greater ROI and freedom for customers to decide their own budgetary and migration timetables.

With Europe's largest inventory of quality EMC hardware, Com-Com provide immediate availability for all CX3-20 parts. EMC qualified sales and engineering professionals can provide help with everything from the specification through to the installation, configuration and on-going support.

Hardware and software maintenance for the CX3-20

With EMC End of Service Life (EOSL - March 2014) approaching, planning soon for extending the life of your CX3-20 array is essential to properly protect your organisation's data. Com-Com can provide an alternative support option and with typically 40% off EMC support costs, the savings from Com-Com are very attractive as well...

We've been maintaining mission-critical IT systems for more than twenty years and we understand that your storage systems are the backbone of your business, accordingly our service levels are of the highest standards in order to keep your data on-line.

End-of-life information

Model

Connection

Speed

Power

End of EMC support

End of Com-Com support

CX3-20

Fiber Channel (FC)

2G/4Gbit/s

Dual AC

End March 2014

End March 2021

CX3-20F

FC & iSCSI

2G/4Gbit/s

Dual AC

End March 2014

End March 2021

CX3-20C

FC & iSCSI

2G/4Gbit/s

Dual AC

End March 2014

End March 2021

CX3-20FDC

Fiber Channel (FC)

2G/4Gbit/s

Dual DC

End March 2014

End March 2021

CX3-20 Configuration and expansion

The CX3-20 array can take up to 15 fibre channel disks, 5 of which are normally dedicated to EMC code.

The CX3-20 can be expanded with up to 8 FC (fibre channel)/ ATA disk array expansion drawers (DAEs). Each has a capacity of 15 disks giving a total capacity of 120 disks.

EMC Centera, Data Domain, Networking

EMC Symmetrix

IT maintenance services

National coverage

Mission-critical IT server support for customers in the UK and across the world. Our nationwide and international coverage delivers the SLA you need wherever you are.

What our clients say...

"As well as standard servers, Com-Com has been able to take on hybrid systems and short-term maintenance contracts. They have also provided servers on a rental basis. They are competitively priced, very flexible in the admin (they take a reasonable view on the hiccups that might arise when starting up a new contract)." Diane Dooling - Road Tech Computer Systems